Thread: Victor Burnouts
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Unread 09-05-2005, 09:09
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Re: Victor Burnouts

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
The brake should only cut in during a PWM 127 +/- the deadband right?
Yup, and if your OI is on, and you actually power up the RC, they get the link, and give the victor the signal, it will short out the motor, which happens to be its power source at the time, so for the 5 seconds or so the backup battery powers the RC, it will brake.

I could actually see having a fun time getting freshmen to push the robot in this condition. They push it, it brakes, they stop to see what is up, and by that time, it has turned back off. They continue to push...
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